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Notebook: Vital global role for planners.(United Cities and Local Governments)(Calendar)
A UN forum on the future of world cities strengthens the case for planning as part of any sustainable urbanisation strategy, maintains Cliff Hague.
Four thousand people have come to Barcelona to talk about how to make cities more sustainable and equitable places. The theme of the second UN World Urban Forum is Cities: Crossroads of Cultures, Inclusiveness and Integration?
The forum is the main platform for addressing governments about urban development. People from different countries and roles join in formal dialogues that feed into the UN process of working towards the implementation of its millennium development goals. These include concerns for environmental sustainability and improvements in the lives of slum dwellers. A message from Kofi Annan stresses that unless cities can make progress on inclusiveness and equity, they will be 'potential flashpoints of conflict and reservoirs of poverty'.
At one time governments and civil servants monopolised UN gatherings.
Over the past decade partnerships with local…
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- Newspaper article from: Windspeaker June 1, 2006 700+ words
...be in Vancouver for the United Nations' World Urban Forum to discuss the future of the world's cities...official arts and culture festival of the World Urban Forum. From June 21 to 25, the World Urban Festival will bring artists from around...
- World Urban Forum Ends, Tasks African Governments on Urbanization.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 28, 2004 700+ words
...Environment Correspondent The Second World Urban Forum in Barcelona came to a close...concerns, and said the Third World Urban Forum in Vancouver should have a...In two short years, the World Urban Forum has established itself as the...
- Local government takes center stage at world urban forum: An international...
- Newspaper article from: Nation's Cities Weekly Brooks, James July 3, 2006 700+ words
...and private citizens at the World Urban Forum III, sponsored by the United...solidarity among citizens worldwide, World Urban Forum delegates completed a Habitat...to Thibodaux, La. The next World Urban Forum will be held in Nanjing, China...
- Africa's exploding cities.(United Nations Habitat's World Urban Forum III )
- Magazine article from: African Business August 1, 2006 700+ words
The UN-Habitat's World Urban Forum III which was held in Vancouver...poverty has to be tackled. The World Urban Forum was also a tribute to the relentless...9,000 people attended the World Urban Forum III held in Vancouver, Canada...
- International Housing Coalition to Sponsor 12 Sessions at the World Urban Forum.
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 9, 2006 700+ words
...housing crisis during the upcoming World Urban Forum III in Vancouver June 19-23...Held every other year, the World Urban Forum was established by the United...coincided with plans to hold the World Urban Forum. Immediately following the...
- Secretary-General Urges Forestalling High Food, Fuel Prices, Global Financial...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire November 4, 2008 700+ words
...Years Of Effort, In Message To World Urban Forum(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...of the fourth session of the World Urban Forum, today, in Nanjing, China...in the fourth session of the World Urban Forum. Your host, the City of Nanjing...
- "UN Habitat World Urban Forum II, 2004: An Overwhelming...
- Magazine article from: Resources for Feminist Research Moffat, Sandra March 22, 2006 700+ words
Modlich, Reggie. "UN Habitat World Urban Forum II, 2004: An Overwhelming Experience." Women and...2004/5), pp. 40. A critique of the UN Habitat World Urban forum is put forth in this article. The author looks at...
- Deadline for World Urban Forum global conference registration approaching.
- Newspaper article from: Nation's Cities Weekly May 15, 2006 700+ words
The Third Session of the World Urban Forum--a global conference and exposition on urban sustainability...Municipal leaders can register up until May 26 on the World Urban Forum website at www.wuf3-fum3.ca/. Any U.S...
- The Third World Urban Forum: 'Spaceship Earth' spiralling irreversibly into the...
- Magazine article from: UN Chronicle Rollnick, Roman September 1, 2006 700+ words
THE THIRD SESSION OF THE WORLD URBAN FORUM in Vancouver, Canada, held from 19 to 23 June 2006, drew...fraught with new problems in the wake of the cold war. The World Urban Forum produced several outcomes in the form of messages and warnings...
- IDRC Promotes New Take on Cities at World Urban Forum.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 13, 2004 700+ words
...Centre (IDRC) is on the ground at this year's World Urban Forum (WUF), taking place in Barcelona, Spain, September...prepare the ground for when Canada hosts the next World Urban Forum in Vancouver in 2006. IDRC EVENTS IN BARCELONA...
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